Ben Barry is a Designer at Facebook, where he focuses on developing Facebook's visual identity, brand, and internal culture. Before taking on this challenge, Ben, a graduate of the University of North Texas, worked for the design firm and screen-printing shop The Decoder Ring in Austin, Texas. There he honed his skills with a range of clients, doing packaging, merchandising and a lot of screen-printed posters. He's also an alumni of John Bielenberg's experimental design education program, Project M, where he explored the role graphic designers can play in encouraging social change.